Daming heir

Chapter 711 All dead

The house on the north side of Sanshan Street is already a haunted house, so naturally the three families can no longer live there.

Since it was a homicide, it was also the place where the crime occurred.

After reporting the matter to the county government, the Ma Bantou of Shangyuan County received instructions from the Shangyuan County magistrate to seal up the entire house.

Before the matter is clarified and the murderer is not brought to justice, no one can enter the house except people from the government.

As for the three families who were kicked out, they naturally went wherever they liked.

The three families did not move far. It seems that in order to facilitate the investigation of the government's news, the three families moved to a rented house on the east side of Dongfu Street.

Opposite the house is Yingtianfu Yamen.

If it was an ordinary murder case, perhaps the matter would only be investigated within Shangyuan County.

But it was three families with particularly sensitive identities who died.

After Shangyuan County learned about this matter, it was reported to the Yingtian Prefecture's Yamen.

At the prefect's yamen, Yu Dalian didn't say anything. He just asked the prefect's officials to temporarily take the two county yamen to investigate the matter.

As for the prefect's Yamen, they are keeping the matter under wraps for the time being.

After arranging the immediate affairs of one prefecture and two counties, Yu Dalian held an umbrella alone and left the prefect's Yamen.

In two days it will be the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month of this year is destined to be extraordinary.

In addition to being the Lantern Festival, it is also the day when Emperor Hongwu, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, held an abdication ceremony and abdicated the throne as crown prince.

The DPRK has been very busy recently.

Basically, except for those military and national affairs, all other things have been temporarily paused.

Only when the crown prince ascends the throne and proclaims himself emperor will the government return to its previous state.

As for the three people who died in Yingtian City.

Maybe it's a big thing, or maybe it's just a small thing.

Therefore, even though the Sanfa Division may now know that three people with sensitive identities died in Yingtian City, as long as Yingtian Mansion does not report it to the higher authorities, the court will not say anything at this time.

Even if the Sanfa Si wants to intervene, he must know that there is still a governor's office in Yingtian Mansion.

Out of the magistrate's office.

Yu Dalian held an umbrella and frowned slightly.

It’s already the first month of the new year, so the snow from the previous year will naturally not fall again.

But this spring rain came a little early.

Fortunately, when the governor first took office in Yingtian Mansion, he had repaired the water conservancy system outside the city, so there was no need to worry about water accumulation.

But if the rain keeps falling, people outside the city will have to worry about whether they will encounter floods.

It rains when it’s time to rain, and it’s sunny when it’s time to clear up.

This is what God really should do.

Yu Dalian looked at the gray sky along the edge of the umbrella.

But I only dared to think about these words in my heart and would never say them out loud.

After identifying the direction.

Yu Dalian held an umbrella and lowered his head, walking in Yingtian City in the drizzle.

Not long after.

Then he arrived at a street where few people passed by.

Walked some distance forward.

Under the walls on both sides of the street are rows of horse posts.

Two squads of soldiers, wearing armor and holding knives, stood on the steps.

This is the Zhili Governor's Office located in Yingtian City, which governs the eighteen prefectures south of the Yangtze River and north of the Yangtze River.

Go up the steps.

Yu Dalian put away his umbrella and exposed his cheeks.

The officers and soldiers guarding the door recognized him immediately, stepped forward to take the umbrella from Magistrate Yingtian's hand, and then stepped forward.

"Master, the governor is in the side room of the court."

Yu Dalian nodded and entered the Governor's Yamen.

As Zou Xueyu's top horseman, Yu Dalian was very familiar with the Governor's Yamen.

Not long after, he appeared at the door of the side room of the court.

At this time, Zou Xueyu was drinking tea in the side room.

There were several documents placed in front of him.

Yu Dalian walked over and glanced lightly.

It seems that there are management methods for the appointment of officials in the 18th Zhili Prefecture.

The Governor's Office started sorting out this matter years ago.

The governor's office is preparing to try a new method of appointing officials to replace the original method of appointing officials in local governments that has been used for thousands of years.

In the last power struggle between the Zhili Governor's Yamen and the 18 local governments, with the fate of King Qin, the great murderer, the outcome of the struggle naturally ended with the victory of the Governor's Yamen.

Countless gentry and old official families who had been entrenched in the local area for many years were uprooted.

The newly appointed officials of the 17th Zhili Prefecture were personally selected by Bai Yuxiu, the doctor of the Qing Li Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

After the power struggle in the Zhili officialdom a few years ago, the 18th Prefecture of Zhili can be said to be highly unified.

Now we only need to determine the new appointment method for officials.

Basically, it can be guaranteed that in the local area, there will not be so many grassroots power-controlling families entrenched in the local area as before.

It is impossible for all local power to be transferred to higher-level government agencies, but it can at least ensure that local people can no longer use their power so unscrupulously to seek benefits for their families in the local area as before.

Yu Dalian thought for a while.

Zou Xueyu, however, had already poured him a cup of tea and was the first to say, "Are you here because of the murder of the sisters from the Song, Luo and Qi families?"

For Zou Xueyu, Yu Dalian was his political and ideological successor in Yingtianfu.

Naturally, he also paid special attention to Yu Dalian.

The incident happened in Yingtian City.

When the news reached Shangyuan County from the police, Zou Xueyu knew what happened in the city.

Yu Dalian was not surprised at this time.

It would be abnormal if Zou Xueyu, the governor-general, did not know what was happening in the city.

He opened his mouth to explain: "According to the information obtained by the police below, someone was doing this secretly. But I don't know why I killed those three nuns."

Zou Xueyu raised the tea cup in his hand, gestured to Yu Dalian, and then hummed and said, "You should think about this matter further."

"Think about it further?" Yu Dalian frowned slightly, and then his eyes flashed.

He raised his head and glanced at Zou Xueyu with some uncertainty.

Yu Dalian whispered: "You mean...that's wrong!"

Yu Dalian immediately stopped speaking loudly.

Zou Xueyu was not in a hurry and slowly sipped the tea in his cup.

Yu Dalian's eyes moved quickly. "The reason why the Song, Luo, and Qi families are in Yingtian City is because the... things in the palace came out a year ago, so the people below started to have some thoughts.

The maids from the three families came to Beijing together with the girls from the three families. Their original intention was to find an opportunity to cooperate with the people in the court and send the prince to send the three girls to the palace after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. "

Zou Xueyu nodded: "Once you are selected into the palace, you will have a rapid rise from then on."

Yu Dalian's eyes were dark and his face was gloomy: "They are just people who only use dirty tricks to usurp power."

Zou Xueyu shook his head: "Everyone wants power. But do they really just want power that everyone knows about?"

Yu Dalian's eyes were stunned for a moment.

Zou Xueyu quickly gave an explanation: "What they want is a privilege that is exclusive to them!"

After such a straightforward reminder, Yu Dalian finally reacted.

He immediately said anxiously: "The court's new policies in recent years have eliminated many of their privileges. So now, they hope to send women into the palace, and then use this to continuously influence the royal family and restore... No! They hope to regain it. Some new perks!”

Want to understand the real purpose of this.

Yu Dalian couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, and then frowned and said doubtfully: "But... what is the connection between this matter and the murder of the three families of nuns? After all, now the girls from the three families have become the same people who have been with me for thousands of years. As the first female officer, they seem to be unable to do anything. Besides, things are happening very quickly recently, and it is impossible for them to grasp the news so quickly. "

Even the nearest one is Wuxi.

After the Song family got the news, they thought about it carefully and decided what to do next. But this time, it will take ten or eight days.

Zou Xueyu asked slowly: "Then think about it again. Now that the three nuns are dead, who will benefit the most? Who will do the greatest harm?"

Yu Dalian immediately blurted out: "Of course, the three families are the most beneficial. As for the harm... I'm afraid the court's face will be a little ugly..."

After all, the people in Yingtian City all know what happened to these three families.

Now the girls from the three families have just become officials, and the aunts from the three families have died.

There are always some inexplicable connections in it.

Originally, it could be said that the three companies are just like flies and dogs, chasing profits. Now that these three nuns are dead, the three families will immediately become the victims.

Even if only three nuns died.

Zou Xueyu didn't say anything about Yu Dalian's analysis, but continued to ask: "Then do you think this is an ordinary murder, or did someone do it deliberately? What is the purpose?"

This time, Yu Dalian fell into long-term thinking.

Naturally, someone did this deliberately.

But what the purpose was, Yu Dalian couldn't figure out.

The aunts of the three families are dead. How can the three families complain to the court so that they can continue to gain more benefits?

If this is the case, then the murderer must be one of the three families, or the three families together, or the three families and everyone behind the scenes did it together.

Sacrifice three insignificant nuns in exchange for more benefits from the court.

But if it is not done by three companies.

Then who did this?

If it was done by someone else, the purpose would be hard to guess.

"After the news of His Majesty's abdication came out, many local officials became aware of it. It's the Chinese New Year recently, and many local officials took the opportunity to go to Beijing, in the name of reporting on their work, but in fact to find out what's going to happen next in the court.

Recently, there have been many outsiders in Yingtian City. If something like this happened at this time, it would be difficult for the subordinates to guess who would do it and what their purpose was. "

Yu Dalian exposed his shortcomings in front of Zou Xueyu.

Zou Xueyu didn't say anything, just smiled.

He said calmly: "When I first got the news, the governor went to Jinyiwei to inquire about the news."

Yu Dalian's eyes lit up: "Jin Yiwei... what do you say over there?"

He felt that Jin Yiwei was in charge of the world's intelligence and might have more information on this matter.

Zou Xueyu shook his head: "Jinyiwei didn't know about this before, and they didn't receive any news."

Yu Dalian's eyes showed a hint of frustration: "This means that no one was secretly planning this matter before, or that the person who planned it was not in Beijing?"

Only if there is an emergency, Jin Yiwei will not receive the news in advance. Or maybe this matter was planned far away from Jin Yiwei's sight, and then happened suddenly in Yingtian City.

That's why Jin Yiwei didn't know about this matter.

Zou Xueyu changed a cup of hot tea for Yu Dalian.

"Let's have some tea first."

Yu Dalian nodded blankly, and then suddenly opened his eyes wide: "Your Highness! Your Highness the Grand Sun!"

He suddenly shouted.

Zou Xueyu, however, remained calm as he watched Yu Dalian, who seemed to have discovered something.

Yu Dalian said anxiously: "After all, His Highness Taisun will also be implicated in this matter! The girls from the three families were originally sent to Yingtian City to prepare for being sent to the palace. Then because of His Highness' intervention, this was done He killed a female official. Immediately afterwards, the nuns from the three families died tragically in the capital. No matter what, His Highness has been implicated in this matter!"

Wait until he finished speaking.

There was a burst of dense footsteps outside the house.

I saw Ying Tianfu's promotion officer and his servants rushing to the door with sweat profusely.

His face was covered with sweat, his hair was wet from the rain, and his body was covered with bright red blood.

The official boots under his feet had a clear bloody hand mark printed on them.

"Something happened!"

"All dead!"

……

Time goes back to half an hour ago.

At that time, Yu Dalian had just walked out of Yingtian Magistrate's Yamen, holding an umbrella, and came over to the Governor's Yamen.

Ying Tianfu pushed the official to receive the errand and took the people from the prefect's Yamen to the Shangyuan County Yamen.

The house where the accident occurred has been sealed, and the three nuns who died tragically were also brought to the county government and handed over to them for autopsy, hoping to find out something more from the bodies.

Yingtian Mansion made a trip to recommend officials, but did not get any useful information for the time being. He exchanged a few words with the people in Shangyuan County and rushed back to the magistrate's office. He planned to wait for Yu Dalian to return and propose to temporarily ban Yingtian City. Be strict.

Even though it is approaching the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, countless people come in and out of Yingtian City every day. The city gate cannot be sealed, but extra personnel must be posted at the gate to strictly check the people entering and exiting.

Just waiting for the official to rush back from Shangyuan County Yamen to the magistrate's Yamen.

Then I heard a burst of intensive smashing sounds coming from the house opposite the Yamen.

This was accompanied by bursts of screams.

Ying Tianfu's official brows immediately beat wildly, knowing that something big was going on.

Before he could react.

I saw a woman rushing out from the back door of the house in the side alley.

The woman was covered in blood, her clothes were messy, and her face was full of terror.

Shouting, he rushed to the street.

The woman rushed all the way to the judge, stumbled and fell to the ground, clutching the judge's feet with her palms.

When the official of Yingtian Mansion reacted, the servants in the Yamen also rushed out one after another.

Wait for people to enter the house opposite the Yamen.

Then discovered.

In that house, three families had just moved in.

They all died on the spot!

(End of this chapter)